Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1998, published 87th ILC session (1999)

Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) - New Caledonia

Articles 10, 11 and 16 of the Convention. The Committee notes with interest the information concerning the number of inspectors and the material and financial resources devoted to labour inspection, and the information on the frequency of regular inspection visits based on the number of workers employed in the undertakings liable to inspection. The Committee also notes that the significant fall in the number of inspection visits between 1995 and 1996 is explained by the absence of one labour inspector for more than one year, and hopes that the arrival of two new inspectors has made it possible, as the Government had hoped, to revitalize the activities of the inspection service. The Committee requests the Government to provide with its next report information on any progress made in this regard.

Articles 20 and 21. The Committee also notes with interest the statistical information on the subjects listed in Article 21, subparagraphs (b)-(f) for the years 1995 and 1996. However, the Committee notes that the annual inspection report for 1997 has not been received by the ILO, and hopes that future annual reports will be published and transmitted to the ILO within the time-limits specified in Article 20, so as to allow it to assess the progress made in the application of the Convention through reinforcement measures and the efforts announced by the Government to coordinate labour inspection staff and the activities of the inspection service.